Many of us were surprised when the head of the Army advocated conscription in the face of the Russian danger. Less surprised that the Prime Minister quickly dismissed the idea – it would certainly ...

¶ Passed and sent to George V for signature the most bitterly fought (for eight months) measure of this session: the Labor Government’s Coal Bill, previously passed by the House of Commons (TIME, ...

Before the creation of the NHS, Britain relied on a patchwork of private and charitable providers for health care. The patchwork is back. “We are seeing the return of the mixed economy,” says Barry ...

¶ Jewish fears that Great Britain might someday give up her Palestine mandate and leave the Zionist colonies there to be slaughtered by the Arabs were dispelled, last week, when Prime Minister James ...

[James Caunt, comp.], An Editor on Trial: Rex v. Caunt: Alleged Seditious Libel (n.d. [1947]), 54, 56, 62. The judge was Norman Birkett. J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words: The William James ...

Was Gary Lineker wrong or right to compare the Tory government’s boat policies to the 1930s? Well, amidst the furore surrounding Lineker’s tweet about proposed asylum policy and Nazi Germany, it’s ...

Opening Shot: The camera pans to a photograph on a desk. “It captures my family, like flies in amber,” says the voice of Nancy Mitford (Bessie Carter). The Gist: Bessie is the oldest of the Mitford ...

As the world’s policymakers gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund’s Annual Meetings, there is a historical curiosity to consider. Roughly every 15 years since the 1930s, Britain has ...